Bert & May founder Lee Thornley’s riverside home in Yorkshire offers an elegant approach
There are few people who can pick up their children from school on a boat – so the fact that Lee Thornley can “putt putt” from the bottom of his garden on the River Ouse to collect his daughters was a thrilling discovery when he moved to Poppleton, a village just outside York. It’s an activity the founder of handmade tile company Bert & May relishes, along with paddle-boarding, kayaking, wild swimming and Sunday jaunts to the local riverside pubs.
” The family spend most of their time in the open-plan kitchen-dining area – either at the table, constructed from reclaimed Spanish shutters battened together to create a generous surface, or around the marble-topped island, sourced from kitchen manufacturer deVOL. A well-patinated copper worktop bears the scuffs and marks of use – testament to a love of entertaining – and unsurprisingly, they’ve used their own tiles on the walls and floor. “The floor is our Raw Thick Bejmat terracotta tile.
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